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With a Degree from SLU, Yvette Clairjeane’s Career Trajectory Soars
Yvette Clairjeane is determined to succeed. And with a Master’s degree in Urban Studies from SLU, that is exactly what is happening. How did she arrive at SLU? “I was working (and still am) at the NYC Department of City Planning (DCP), and I was looking for a program with evening classes so I could…
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Flushing Re-zoning: a Threat to Affordable Housing?
In yesterday’s Gotham Gazette, Murphy Adjunct Professor Sam Stein, along with CUNY Professor Tarry Hum, wrote an op-ed about the “under the radar” re-zoning of an area some are calling “Flushing West” (Flushing’s Affordable Housing at Risk, 5/2/16). According to Stein and Hum, this re-zoning threatens to destroy existing affordable housing by incentivizing real estate…
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Prof. Eve Baron Quoted in City & State Article on Community Planning
With pledges and rhetoric from city officials circulating about better integrating communities into the planning process, some questions remain: what does a community planning process entail? And, given the current state of New York City politics, is it reasonable for communities to expect rhetoric to translate into a truly inclusive process? Last week, City &…
